Critical Path Finder (Project Management)

This piece of software was written as part of the requirements of a project management course at UFPR (Federal University of Parana).

It takes an input file with a fixed name in the same folder as the executable, containing the description of the tasks and how they connect describe in a specific syntax (an example file is in the folder test_files). The program processes the file, and outputs a list of all the possible paths, together with the identified critical path(s).

Right now, it is a mish-mash of portuguese and english, but I think I will keep it that way since it can be of help to the students taking that same course at the Universty.

Compiling

Using g++, compile it like so:

g++ -c  -std=c++11 -static-libstdc++ tTask.cpp
g++ -c  -std=c++11 -static-libstdc++ main.cpp
g++ -o CriticalPathFinder tTask.o main.o

In Windows, just run the make.bat. It will output the executable to the test_files folder, where a test file awaits.

Running It

In the test_files folder, just run the executable.

In Windows, sometimes you will get an error related to libstdc++-6.dll, despite linking the libraries statically as we did. In that case, copying libstdc++-6.dll from C:\MinGW\bin to the same folder as the executable does the trick.